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only china and ethiopia had more, about 2,500 from china, a little more than 1,700 from ethiopia. now, a big reason americans adopt from other countries is the sheer number of available children in russia. there are more than 650,000 orphans. compare that to the united states where there are a little more than 58,000 children living in state institutions or group homes. and adopting babies from american agencies can also be more expensive, and the adoptive parents may be required to have a future relationship with the birth mother. the u.s., of course, not happy with the russian president signing this adoption ban. and the united states is essentially letting russia know. i want to bring in our reporter at the state department. how are officials responding to this, and what can they possibly do? >> reporter: well, suzanne, as you know, the state department kind of handles these adoptions for u.s. parents to help them through the process, also with visa issues, citizenship issues, and issued a pretty tough statement this morning, saying the russian government's politically motivate
only china and ethiopia had more, about 2,500 from china, a little more than 1,700 from ethiopia. now, a big reason americans adopt from other countries is the sheer number of available children in russia. there are more than 650,000 orphans. compare that to the united states where there are a little more than 58,000 children living in state institutions or group homes. and adopting babies from american agencies can also be more expensive, and the adoptive parents may be required to have a...
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. >> alan, quickly on china, i know you're going to make a big push to sell lincolns in china, setting up this sort of all dealers network. does china loom larger for you because of what we have seen economically in europe and with the looming fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. if you look at the markets worldwide and the economies and the auto industry, nearly a third of the market will be north and south america. a third will be europe and russia and africa. and about a third of the market will be asia pacific. and in china's case, to your point, china now has replaced the united states as the largest auto market. the chinese veitremendous respe for history. they know about henry ford and lincoln. so we'll be bringing the first lincoln vehicles to china in 2014. >> alan mulally, ford president and ceo. thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> now this. an infant left without her parents after an nfl player just snaps. and now as a city mourns, sportscaster bob costas goes off on gun control. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> if syria's chemical weapons are on the
. >> alan, quickly on china, i know you're going to make a big push to sell lincolns in china, setting up this sort of all dealers network. does china loom larger for you because of what we have seen economically in europe and with the looming fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. if you look at the markets worldwide and the economies and the auto industry, nearly a third of the market will be north and south america. a third will be europe and russia and africa. and about a third of the...
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and china is ready to overtake the u.s. sooner than you think. first, forget the fiscal cliff, because the economy is coming back. americans are feeling more optimistic about 2013 and if we play our cards right, we're going to see a new economic renaissance. td ameritrade recently surveyed folks on their outlook for the new year. 43% say they're downright optimistic about the economy and believe we're headed for a rebound. 45% are feeling good about their own finances, but we already know that things are starting to get better. look, we're adding jobs every month, consumer debt continues to shrink. stock markets are up. longer term, though. america will reap the rewards of its domestic energy boom and more oil and gas gets extracted. the drop in the price of natural gas is already helping utilities and factories compete. that's creating more american jobs. and there is more. housing will be the golden lining to the economic cloud that is hanging over this country. mortgage rates are at historic low and should stay that way for the next two years
and china is ready to overtake the u.s. sooner than you think. first, forget the fiscal cliff, because the economy is coming back. americans are feeling more optimistic about 2013 and if we play our cards right, we're going to see a new economic renaissance. td ameritrade recently surveyed folks on their outlook for the new year. 43% say they're downright optimistic about the economy and believe we're headed for a rebound. 45% are feeling good about their own finances, but we already know that...
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china is not a testimony democracy. they have a centralized government and what they're watching is some of the confusion that exists in democracy. democracy has a lot of advantages, but making decisions quickly is not one of them. >> all right. how about treasury secretary tim geithner? he says we are about to hit that debt ceiling, the legal limit at which a country can borrow money to pay its bills. and that has as much effect on markets as the cliff, correct? >> absolutely. and maybe even more. because the worst thing that could happen is that we stop paying our bills. the world is willing to give us money to help us pay our bills, the world is willing to accept a lot of things. but if the u.s. government stops paying its bills because it has hit the debt ceiling, that could be disastrous. that would mean clearly an entry into a recession and a lot of unemployment. because that would cause the faith and credit of the u.s. to be put in jeopardy. >> thank you very much for talking to us. and as demonstrated, the fisca
china is not a testimony democracy. they have a centralized government and what they're watching is some of the confusion that exists in democracy. democracy has a lot of advantages, but making decisions quickly is not one of them. >> all right. how about treasury secretary tim geithner? he says we are about to hit that debt ceiling, the legal limit at which a country can borrow money to pay its bills. and that has as much effect on markets as the cliff, correct? >> absolutely. and...
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. >>> a fight over a small cluster of uninhabited lands between japan and china. japan sent eight fighter jets after a chinese plane was seen near the islands. it was gone by the time they got there. china continues to claim the islands. the islands have been in japanese control for years. japan bought the privately owned islands in september. >>> some are calling it a break-through, north korea making its first successful long range rocket launch but less than 24 hours after liftoff a u.s. official tells cnn the country may not be in full control of the satellite. joining me is cnn contributor and retired u.s. army general spider marks. good morning. >> good morning. >> what does this mean? is this a setback for north korea? >> it's not a setback at all for north korea. north korea successfully launched something into an extra atmospheric orbit, albeit it's not control. they were able to build a three-stage missile and get an object into space. >> here is how leon pa net ta spoke about it. he spoke to erin burnett in afghanistan. >> this is a clear provocation. w
. >>> a fight over a small cluster of uninhabited lands between japan and china. japan sent eight fighter jets after a chinese plane was seen near the islands. it was gone by the time they got there. china continues to claim the islands. the islands have been in japanese control for years. japan bought the privately owned islands in september. >>> some are calling it a break-through, north korea making its first successful long range rocket launch but less than 24 hours after...
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. >>> in china the longest high speed railway opens, connects beijing with guangzhou, 1,500 in eight hours, but tickets start at $138, and they're a little pricey for some people and many travelers say it's cheaper and faster to fly. >>> a report just out this morning shows home prices up in october, the biggest annual gain in more than two years. alison kosik joins us from the new york stock exchange. tell us more. >> this is a bigger gain than analysts were expecting. home prices in 20 of the biggest cities in the u.s. went up by 4.3% in october compared to october of last year and as you said it is the biggest increase in more than two years. prices also they've gone up for five months in a row so that's more good news as well as far as the momentum goes. this jives with a lot of the other housing reports that have come in on the positive side talking about home sales, home building, builder confidence, all of those are showing this upward momentum, so yeah, housing is definitely in recovery mode, and it's really helping to boost the entire economy. in fact we saw that with third
. >>> in china the longest high speed railway opens, connects beijing with guangzhou, 1,500 in eight hours, but tickets start at $138, and they're a little pricey for some people and many travelers say it's cheaper and faster to fly. >>> a report just out this morning shows home prices up in october, the biggest annual gain in more than two years. alison kosik joins us from the new york stock exchange. tell us more. >> this is a bigger gain than analysts were expecting....